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Historical Event on 1/24/1997

Justice Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi and Justice Sukhdev Singh Kang appointed Governors of Tamil Nadu and Kerala respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
5/8/1962Ravindra Bharti University established in West Bengal.
3/10/1985India beat Pakistan to win ""World Championship of Cricket"". Ravi Shastri is declared champion of champions and Sunil Gavaskar steps down from the captaincy.
2/26/196634 national leaders charge Indira Gandhi's rule is 'constitutional dictatorship'.
3/17/1987Sunil Gavaskar ends his Test career with an innings of 96 v Pak.
8/6/1997Army confirms social activist Sanjay Ghose's death who was abducted by ULFA.
4/27/1996General Election (11th) of India begins.
10/29/1947Mysore's popular ministry sworn in.
10/15/1946Victor Banerjee, actor (A Passage to India), was born in Calcutta, India.
12/5/1898Josh Malihabadi, famous Urdu poet, was born.
12/13/1902Ilachandra Joshi, famous Hindi novelist, story writer, critic and journalist, was born.